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Wooster daily Republican. (Wooster, Ohio), 1918-03-28

Wooster daily Republican. (Wooster, Ohio), 1918-03-28 page 1

Wooster Daily Republic OUK WIRE SERVICE Giwa you today tb uni Dffwi tint tppart In tomorrow mornlng't paptrt. , The Weather Fair tonight and Friday not much change In temperature.Vol. XXXI, No. 251 WOOSTER, OHIO THURSDAY, MAR. 28, 1913 Price 2c. By Carrier 10c a WeeE E MONT BID AN EVACUAT ir iM Un. Ik HUN LOSSES TREMENDOUS London, March 28.While the dispatches from the front state the Germans 'are shelling Arras, and that they are evidently trvinc to widen their battle front to the rice cables from Paris that they have extended their attacking point in the south, and that the French have been forced back west of Mont Didier. Forcing the French west of Mont Didier means the Germans are now 18 miles from Amiens, which city is apparently the German objective. They are now sixty miles from Paris. The French, according- to reports, retreated slowly and orderly, and the Germans left a flood of dead as they swept on. The French on the heights west of Mont Didier occupy a commanding position. Americans from all branches of the service are said to be now taking part in the battle. Pulls, March "H Fiewli fniccs, hnlilinu; the hat l Ic lim noilh of the Oi, have retired In an orderly manner to toitlon on I he heights of )lcmr DidJer, meanwhile inflict iny; epoinmUM lotses on tlii' (U-i mails, I In-l;8cti war office uunonnrctl this .if-lernoon. The statement iii: French troop, fliihlin" tool hy foot, in flirt lug heavy loss oh the irtnans, luivr relli-ed in , mi orderly manner In the heights wtsl of Mont Didier. The enemy suotaineil heavy ln when lie ronceiitiattd Ui rfform naalitt the Flench, and n tliiiit of unprecedented fljerrene. lint Liken pluce. Mont IHdier Is shout ten miles vresl from lloye. London. March 28 TIip lirit u.sh nsve captured a nuniiier ot i .! nui it jarisopers anil Machine guns in the yre: tattle of Picardy, ihe w:tr tiffin announced today. This wns the first time t li allies bnve claimed the .rapture of prlsou-kv.A war material" Hince the. tisMius bejan a week uro today. t rtl ir etrongly Indicated that the alliMl counter offensive is finally utidi-r way and satlterins ninmen-t n in. Heavy fllii jnp continues over the twitter part of I he front, 'the bat-tl i erte.ndiiiR tioithviaid. The fjermnn hepiu 11 heiivt horn-..irdnirut east of Alias, nt tlio siuiio ijUne field iiixish il Halt; ivMr'eil (n Hie W!r offin- an attnrk was de-vclopinn."Sevre firhtintz contiiitied on Wi'ilnef.dajr attd la?j night hoi It t ldrs nf the Sotume. rivet' and nortnwatd lront .4l"vt toward? Moyillen." t Jin offial attDOunretneot aid. "Alotti; ih Sotnm valley and in the seetors of Kea'iDnn't-lIuiufl, I'lttssitnx and iloyuuevilitj the Germans made re-j iat'd 'tomtits- 'ill of whieh were re-Iiu'fed."Tie flhtinet rnutinnes fiercely oti loth hauks rf tit" Sonim river. "The UritisJt have raptured anutn-h-r of nrt-'otifix and maeltine Run--. "Kai;t of Aria a h-avy hoinhard-ri'.cii' was opened l.v the enemy this i-orrtlnsr and stt .itiat k is develop-it -ft in thttt sec-tor. ' L'y "eot of Ara" the war olfire evidently loratel the attack it: 'he s(.rcr ;f the Srxri river. The 5tT!Pe liver representnl tliee-tt-tiie tirrt!i-rn end of the line over which the Germans .vie'ited the Hriti-h iind I'reiuh positions he fore lrianijnr Hieii presf-nt lrive The infantry fihUnM was (enter"'! many !il!eit t,oul.'i of tnat district, howevet. Ak the (lernian d:ive wane-, the sliie cotintei-thriist'' now in strength. The (Jertnan waroli'ite claimed 'th 'arture of lht-rt whi-h : "tfcar.20 niles from the aili- hi" of Amions. At'vicec. from the front today in dicated tt'at th German armies ' were worn dit hy constant linhtinn' and that ttefr motole had heeii shak-1 en hv tr,er trerienaous tosses ( Serins n fjaltl- Nearly Half Million A eorrenpofident of the Daily Veil in France rMimuted the (Ui - tran casualties in the first seven djvs of fif.httng a .".00.000. hut uiilitarv c-rittrs generally take th? view that they' ttfin niurh more, j ihif u na! pyllatitry in count, r ai-sottie placing the number at half a ta- ks inlllfon. While the German offensive has nvt collapsed entirely it I the central opinion that front now on. the alltei will dominate the uttuatinn. Field Marshal Halg In a late re- noi -th. the French war of-! port from liiitisti heaiiiaileis. ,ald lliat the hattle was renewed on W'ed-resday hot Ii tinrth and soutli of the So tn tire and that iKhtiiip w;is rapine, with tlio Mtniost. violence. (In the line south of Kosieren, atnl ni'itil 'if Ahlaitixevlllt', the Geinian; si staiii"d heavy losses ly their re-pe;if d eilucks in massed formation asxinst I'M' Urili'.h. The Germans apinrently threw all iheir availahle fi.!t" into the lifilitinj; and exerted "ireat pressure' ud Marshal Main said The liRlitjng continued after dark-ii"sn l'"ll. when the Miilish launched a aerie:-, of Ktrone enunier-atlacks. .t one point where it hud heen a rligM lirH'sh retirement nil the kwt-tfrpnnd was rceaptured and the Germans weti ihrovvn hack upon 'positions th"iV hud held 11.' hours earlh-t. Tne trenches were found to he full of German corpses. I'i'ihliiiM which field Alur.shall llti-r d"si'l'iheil ;is "derce," took place hetwen tho Ancte and the SiiiiiMie river, especinllv couth of A! h'l! Ii. e.j sector the lliitih eotn menceil counter attackins and the G Ttllaiis vere ejected front Irenche', wliirh (liev had picviou dy captured. I'.lil to llvlelul lanes Westward Irom Alheit. A'l ellorls of. tlirt Gel mans to ex-tf'iid their lines west of Alhert in the direction of Amiens, collap.td under tne Kiim and e.jllanl resis-t.mc' of the lliilish forces in that sector The Germans employed nisses of lieht artillery in suiipoi! of their M lantry, hut in spite of their dole-milted efforts they rolled Li'ck every time they tried to ad-vanc.German hopes for "a hieak thioas'h" ire dyiri; hard The I!(r lilt was ortire in its tepr.it on W'erf-ti1 stU'v, will "lv both hanks of 'he Snnime our armifu nr. enjr.med in a sh'-wly pro grctwin attack This w is iidmisHt'on that ihe force ol the drive has -uhnut heen spent and th it tne Gentians are mretin with htronuer resistance all nlonj: the l'ronl. it is helif-ved that the til-li'vs have henun to use their fresh reserve ttonps and that the battle line will m;'iu he swinging eastward. The weather has heen clear, sivini; orpoct ii'ii'y lor intense aerial activity. Ii-'iish and l-'retich airmen maintain their supremacy of th t.l.ies nvu tip-re has been some sharp lir.if h'Rh ahoe the contending', ;iejn.'rs. , ' The Getm;'ti war ofl ie i (.timed thi1! I'.ito't Von 1 1 1 r hi hoten leader of the German aviat.or. had won bis l,(th .mij 7ih air 'vi' tories ." Fresh diisjons were tit-ed by the (iet leans i:i a T-newnl ol their at-t irk- MK i'ist the French on the Ki.ut'frn end of the battle zone. Teu'or'. pressure centered west of !!oV. whete the i'feiu It made it si'ia'l r- tirement in the direction of .Mont Indier. i .Moll Ihdier is about -even miles fr mi Hoy- i Tl.e Geinuiti oiletisive opened one week a;;o. today. A dispatch I'iooi pa.er TUF I TM-I'M A as -ayinK pa-.er TUG i-MtKIIMAN't as sayu.- that til.' In' lie ha- li-i enleied it s tlcrit tdias -. I he paper cor tinned: "The (', r-in "i i"Hssrs wearied bv th. ir eifm ami we;.kf-te( hy tb'lr .ippallirrt los. es. mti.st now lace a sharpeonn-i,.r-ofeii.-ive hy the Freer h troops." Tt('ors ffm paits of the ItriT-I h etnpi!" have taken part in the j h:it' ! . jtin.t iv e.i n-ir. ,,t...r but ii i - impossible lo ".' .-e ftoin on- sect ion ui-play- valor than tbo-e from any The Canadians have been in tit.- tbi'k of the tray am' i'ipinye. I The Germans failed to elan:- any The rantun- ol (iiisaners in ttnir ouVialJo ie: oils on v eiinesoa r vvni'-n is -mi further evidence ot the v at inP. , ttrn-.-ih .f their oiiensive. F.ntish cavalry have been in at- I.I:gi'nt i i:gi;cy KIM. Washington. March US President Wilson al'eii'oon, 'iinied the fl.O.M, L'40,7s!i -t.'i urgency dchi-icticy liill. I In l.iri;--t I. ill of its kind ever puss-si by .in A ineihan con- J K -s. s ij Mi:si hi: New ork, March L's liirectors of t lit I titt'inunmijl Uaschall Lea-;- U" tl'is a'teMIOOII Voted 1(1 disband the league Idi' the coming season as ii v,r n ea' iire. m.w tf.fani irv sons , v t, ,J 2S Secre-iloo this a.'ierrooti, minoum ed the issuuneo iof a new sei-ji: ot treasurv lertill- catrs tor J.'iiiu.OtMi.linu payahlo July 9. with interest al t 1-J per rem HIDES AT FOOT OF ENEMY WIRE FOR 24 HOURS W'th the American Army in Fiance. Match '11 - l ii:l)i) 1'. M. I A'i American oilier, who had "earn outlawed" ' himself and had carried supplies of water and pi banters, r.'-irained hidden :n the tonj; irass at tilt, inoi of Ihe Germans' barbed wit l.iali.'Memeiils foi 'A hours., se curias valuable i nfoi mat ion . it w learned taday. I 'n:!'" t ml in e. Ihe German Ian I'.uu-jie. ihe Ameiican bad a ;ood op-pcrlu'M'v to heat and oleeie whar was L'oiug on. The rtl'cer to.il, up hi-- secret no li'liolt on Tuesdav leoniiu--;. He bad paiuied his lace c.ri'en and brown and woie a Milt conniruei-ed of straw, prass and canvas, lie car ri.d an auloiuiilie pistol and hinoeu-1ms.T''e intrepid Atuerlcun was accom- pnnied to his posit ioiM'jj'jM'alrol i that evidently ecited'niir yMLiikHor. ot tne lieitiuins, as snipers ureii ire-iiuerily in the direction of his lair he;'ove .iaybreak. Iiuiiui; the morn In:; eueiuy panols searched lor him. Jitcr the observer heard workbii; piM'lies.. trench pairols senlries and reliefs eonv ei'diii; in their lines, only a few yirds away. K i-!y I h is uiornitii; an Amerieati p.llfol went mil and blouchl Ihe of licer in to bis own lines. LITTLE FEAR FROM GERMANY 1NFAR EAST Tokyo, March -K. - The Japaueso ambacssador to Russia, who has just artived from I'etroKtad, deihned lo day that he did not feai Get man ni;-Rression in the far east. He added that he did not think Geimany plan, to crush Itussia hy an oflensive In Siberia, bill to loncentrate alt her efforts in France, meanwhile-ecui-illf". if possible the food ni'cninnlinea! in I kl aiuia. The Soviets ate ,",itnin',T enormous power in Kusr-ia. the diplomat went on. He aid that German prisonet. of war had been influenced by Ihe Bolshevik movement, and thai be ia eonvimed that they will be ome propagandists n jun then lehiin to Germunv. itvini; to instigate the peo pie to revolution .main.si their auiotJ cratic povei nment. 'Geimaiiy michi destroy the l.cnine o ei niueiil . but Ho)-,hc iU-istil will peniieale the '.vo'lld." continued the ambus-ador. He eriii'ised the ma li' -tousnis n! pail of the Japanese press ill its t .-cent ilisrus.-ion of the nue-iinu : Japanese intei veni ion in Sibeiia. Ji was when asked reuaidini: thepie-Ki-ble despa'ih of a Japanese expedl lion that the diplomat said that be did not Icai German a;T.t es- ion in the Far Ka-t The ninba-sailor w.i-accouipanied I . a diplomat!' paiiv. including 1. meiuans. In the course of his tali; ihe Jh paneye dip!" in.tl assented tb..' diplomatic I'da-Ijons W i!b Itussi.i have ll"' been broken, but that th'-v lemaiu tnend I 'avid II. Fr amliassadoi to lepresvlitalives at Voloc'ia to i at ions v. it Ii I lie i ik i -. t he A me n a n liis-ia. and other "I ' lie ii lie"-, stoppeii nllllMli' thi'i! riciroti l; liAs-ini; eriilnent . lien. .'I ii'.!'.-si :on ! t r ' v- Ices ;.p- '"V on It" f I 1 1 , V !;'' ale! t'nt I lev' b'l'.e sin i ,-i i d la t r- ii".' baCi tin- Ge-iii.it'..-. Tl e f.H I bi i - I o:iit in vi bo h t h'-(In.: ti" ti.ive ,'i.a!iisd !- '.'; Iiiibl liill st 0t't.. v. est "I Will t! tl'- illlle itOOll "lie week ;.p.i t'd lV Til" 'rum which Ihe G.-imalis line tiovv fak-s ,ineen the S'atpe atid rivets l"av"i it onen to erav-' I II llt ' T.' h ofi'-n -iv,- has re- alted in l!.'- f trmatioii I a .ved-e : ha ned nil'elif i,iitii7 p'lf'-d tarn.ts at'ack on the flanks. When 111'; NEW ACTIVITY BEHIND LINES OF THEGERMANS U. S. Troops See Movements in Their Sector and Increase Artillery Fire. W'dh the American Armv In Frame, " h t . 27 --Hi l Mi ob servers on the America it ft out nonh of Toitl have n'ded an inerea:e in Fm- aciiviiy of the (Jcrman inlatitrv li.irin;; h past :!4 hour''. N'l'iiierons p-rtl3 Of 1 1 enemv wi-re i een passing and re -passim' ceita'il points enternii; o- leavitii; dui'oi't-. and tiaversiiiR eouimuui-entio't iisnidies. Others wet') seen lite'in" or leaving battel v io-.iiion or ii.iscini' thrnnnh villages Aii.eiican Kiinnersi shelled a I! potnis v. bete enemy truop uif ve- rueiits were repotted, semliii;' over gas shells, shrapnel and huh explosive s. FiTtber bark American siuiip sboolers were busy sniplnc the Gm in 'i li-- ii ith ;'7 lit i 1 1 i in 1 1 e mil,'., oli .' iv-rs re.ioilit'n many diiect bin i n duv.out entrances. The coutiiiueil hi.t i ass'iif; lire diew an otillmr-i troni (biinali Runs when l'ihi hl(:b explosivi-: shells vveie suddenlv i!ivo-a:i apainrl a certain nu in a a ; position. The I'.islies of (lie Gentian I'.UUs coubi be seen from iin nierican ' capiive balloon vvbich wio- on niu'ui j obseivation duly. j Theie has be.'n little aerial a' liv- 1 it v. as i In- Germans have widenth sent ii'osi of thir inacliines ii the a i ne ol their olfensive. A ceiiain ntiinher of American ol beers who are allaehed lo r.iiiicb ret-'imeniN to learii the latest met lions f trench warfnre are In the Albert divlriet, it js mcHcated' by postcards reeeifud' trrifS" Ihem hy their trtentla on tfca. TotU . Hit. ( Albert JW'4ej ,!lt-f Ae&VX iifttninpr in tne tierntnn onensive tu Fieri 'd v. The German war ollice in its othcial report on Wednesday claitiied the capture of Mbert Thi was boi ne out bv Ihe Itritish war of Pee. which eald: ''Atleiui'ts m.,d.' by Ihe enemy in the course ol 'h-d"v to ileboui h ' wert ward from I In town of Albert have been driven back in each ie.slaiiee with the lieav ii" I 0. lo'.ses " ) Some of the raids were illm;ira!-el, b -ill inn pbolosTrahps of dm s'atii" of 'be Savioils on the steeple or lb" Albert chuieh, Sjin e 1 !i 1 1: when n vviissiriiek bv a German shell II, e 'tallle has been b'.ininr. nvr -il ii a imple of !." dent-ei' Many tneri.;in fas olu"s a'i included amonc ih"se alt.ieh"d to the 'ri''sh for active training. The German advance over tb "so'ii-ue hallleliebl ii-calls July, IPHi vvner the 'oieinii b'fioii clorniei! lie lev !) Sant'Tie everaf Attiei i ,m volii'ileei s beiliR killed at Hie time and oibets woitnded. The litu-lisb black wTilch' lefimenl. eont a mi r r tinii'.' Americans, nbu look a prom luiii'' art in Hi'e t'mhtinK around phlf'-s -vllieb are ai'ain appearing in tin olbcial eoiiiiiiUiii(Ui,c". So far the Amero-ans nave tun re ci iv -d any information that the b r n.ai" tire usjnn tanks. i v semi-official announi en a.' vps niade in Heriin on Wedii" 'liy that the German-' were iisinr. (law own tanks as well as others eaptut. ed ' from I he !i iMsli i . New-' that baa leached the Ann li can front ndiciied that the eneinv b.'id ru liiexed suce'n solely tbroiir! weiidil ol artillery and the mast o' b'fanttv ct.taliied by siniipim-other part" of the front. HARD FIGHTING ON IN UKRAINE ("opi iiiKii'eii. l,,n li i:S I'lirtb' r 1. eiirK w : - i-etneud from I'! t . r-;a 'oi'a . . he:e I ' I. : i n ta ll -ev.lti im. i if . :. a ,p.it iiai i.v Ibddievik Hoop-. ! a : t tat li 'I l ' V-t i n-;, a,, i : : 'id the I'h vur.ii n - op"t'aiin-.- u.t" lil'T la on Trolkv . '!' I'.olsbe. v-, trini. te'- ill a -pi ei il at Mo- -on . .an t!.:n I r ji wop!.! have t, oraaui:-' i ml trail) sn are:'-') t'oi at ot , 'to ot' ( i ion lU'iii i is -r ii : ! e-w i : I'rev'ou-' ridvi'"' troni ;l Htrsian ("itce bad :-! i '! tiiiit Ode.-'. am! K! ersi n i'.e' i :-, i: red from 1 1.; 'i 4 ro , if ! ma i ii.iees iii - cm', h'-rr Fsialnii. i;i:iii n i.i ss fai k Ma.vilie, Kv., Vat .-h I'tii'ini il.ens at" blamed lot placiru: loiHid .H-i- in fo'1,1 wlii'h made two s hooi !,'.ii lie; a ml :.'u impils ill. OHIO avi vkh: kii.i.i k Wichita Fall.s. 'l-v., March 2. Gadet (;. O Franks, aviation student, was killed as be mad" hi-s first solo 11is?ht. His home is in Clyde, Ohio. I.;ui( aster -Fairfield count v Is working I bin week to till a War chest with $0n,0it0. IIUN WOUNDED CHOKE RAILROAD IN REAR Amsterdam. March 2S Fnot ru-ously Ioiik anihulahce trains tne passim; through l,iej.e and N'auiur, lieliutu. oil their way to Aix I.a Gliapelle and other parts of Germany w ith woitnded men from the FreiK h battle-front. aecordinK to the tho Teleraaf fiontier cot respondi nt . Many of the wounded have been detained nt N'atnur, sa vs the mi res pondent, who adds that the hospitals in northern France have not sufficient ai couiiiiodalion for the t'l'eaf si ream of suflei ers. BAKER, IN LONDON, IS SURE DRICE IS NEAR END Amsterdam. March 'IK. The kaiser lias eonj.uilulaleil Hie Krupps upon their invention of a pun 'thai would enable Ihe Germans to hour bard Paris, said a dispatch .front Heriin todiiv . CONGRESS BUSY IN GREAT EFFORT TO GET UP SPEED Senate to Make Million More Eligible to Draft Aircraft Probe to be Dee). WasliiniJlon, ( iv i man this breakdown of March 1! - Senator iilteinoon savs the Xmeriea's ureal a via lion prop.nuii is due in ilm tamper' inn of German s.pies who infest air craft plants. Overman said there ore 400. f)MI (lermntt, npiei-i in the Fnitwt W'.V VVushTn'g t oh 1 3 IT If? HiTW day of. the congressional drive to loice i.peed into the conduct of the war found bNih llmncs determined lo nam. Ia'e ils billet al rai(',limelll ol evisl in;; condil ions ml o ad ion. The Si-mile vvas le.idv lo adopt iiiea-aiim, malilni; more than a mil luili men available loi Ihe drill I- Tlie Senate military uffalis com millee ic:olvod lo r.o lo the bololu o ihe reported lueal;dowii of Iho aii-( i. ill pioprum and al I he same 1iuie etideavoi to pul a chock on ".pioss arentini;" which im-m bei s i ha t ha' milled the neople about A mil i a ! pi ogress it! the vvai Admiliisttalion M-nators piepan! lor a stubborn defensive aloni; tb' lines laid down yesterday by Seiiatoil Williams, of Mississippi, when b- (haif;il the lte)iublicans with pla I lie, polities" o fill Ihe! Il Mile l.eiiroot's M'liatorial (nmpaii.n I ' t li Wisconsin. Republican M'milors. frankly il e chinnr, "all bais down." openl 7 en unlet- churned I're-idmd Wllsotri with "playin:; politics." An old fasiiioiied 'knockdown and diar out" political fW'lil was brewint;. Senator Chambei la in , of Oiecon. . h.ni ma ri. of the milili'v lomiuHlee. am) olhei I lemm i i.ts. who watned ihe Senate last heceml.er that the w.ii ino!:i"s ;i not a,b'unate to the emefi eiK '. , have tal'eu no part in Ihe debate of the pal few V ote v, a.; epei led late eai K I, Ii row on the m da vs. lod:y or air" for ihe Uiattinr, ol vouni' emu who u;ive 1 1 a i be, I the a. " or I years -'' ' j,,,,.. :, . hi this ' mm"' t.lon. Ha rv New, ol Indiana, veil I deiii.ind a roll all on bis univet'.-il militaiv tr.i.li in:: atu"lidior nt. Af !," 'SiUie time S'-ual"! 1 (n rhuti evpecteil to put throu; i-aiin'ion feilll il ill"; the T'TUt of i'lien- liuole si',! a i I to I he ia'l i- the iiliiMl diafl l.v l''-alv. Tl I I a i vpii toil to add I'l'U' , i, ,'ii ui e.s a re than I .iiuo.li! o .iisil.ible l"l to i r Ihe ll .'iiii.'i ii: ei" M draft. I'li-l l tomi; itt'-e w;,.- Ol' -ai'i lo'la ,. T i mil.! si v l,.j ' r i H" !:-"!l'"l to .-ta ml t i' p!o; s of I b" i iea i n w l ei " I ' '.of I h the I.I I - .V i! !" 1' .' U bu p) ml ot (' I. ,i, V. Inch b d lh m I" , t. Iliii! j , 1 1 1 ' 1 1 - 5 --. in .- a !. ::'!! "t '"oi -tin!-' on lo !o',biv '' The noiit.i IV . . vol. . I ye leiiia.v to lf-i" so pii ession o( neb ilifol .,:,! ii Si-naioi V.'oi.-w ..ri.h misleading jn opat' imbi.' . oi.imii' a, and l! mat ion . nil", I KAISER SAYS KRUPP GUN BOMBARDS PARIS! London. M uch - v Ne-.vlon 1' P.nker. tin- Ammban SicrelaiT of War. who tame to London from Palis, is fnllowine 111" lotltfo o( tiyhtini on the wetrtern ftont rith the keenest intent t. Mr. Panels alone with eveiy me else is culifi-ilent that the Oerniiins will I" 'e-feated. t & HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S. TROOPS ', WILL PARTICIPATE IN COUNTER THRUST AGAINST KAISER'S HOSTS Washington, March 28. The Allied offensive is well under way and most important news in Picardy within the next 24 declared today. The counter offensive will has attempted. It is understood that no less than 100,000 Amerii can troops will participate in this movement which probably5; will take the form of a rolling up movement. According; to the latest information reaching Washington, the allies have placed 800,000 fresh troop3 along the Picardy front. It is these men who will be sent against the Germans in a sweeping movement which is expected to turn the tide of the ! , . , 1 r- . I . 1 A A 1 - TT1. I f Dame in iavor oi xne Amencau - PROF. WILLIAMS HAS STATEMENT I'raf. I'. G. llliaies, iif t'ouomlst at the Kxperinietil Slat ion, having inst returned fioni a (rip lo the east in II'" Interest ot the Ohio tanner.-' saeKInj; seed corn. Thursday made die 'oilow'np st'llellieul ; I wa- called l.v I'drecioi (T.irli S. W'h.rele'- of III" FUehsioll- lei(ll't-ineni of Ohio '-'late Fniversliv, to meet him in commence al I'hiladel ohi'i. Wedne.sda.v morniuf',, r't'.ard- i tip. seed corn for Ohb lirector Wheeler now htm leu men nt work ,n suuthe'iste'ii 1 'ennsylvania (ed-itu; and loadlun : eed com for use in Hlio. These, men aie oiiij; I'imiii larin to farm where corn is offered for sale, nolititr the type and season of th' I'orn and saniplini; 11 carel'ul-'y l')r Revniinat ion test. I't ohnhlv lei's than half of this corn is united 'o Ohio, us that putt of I'enmylvttn la U rupable of Kiowinit and nuitiir- but liirny , nr. in inriners oarlv tvfies Which nre nuilahl" Hefore a car nf corn Is purchased ! s tested al the Ohio bend (unrter Ml Pennsylvania and lhe.se tests show thai Mich- teitinr I-. verv tme-I'ssarv, for there is much of 'be I'e'iimvivaiiia coin Hint shows below riU per cent. t!c riuituilioil, TlieV ai o purcbasjii;" no corn which d ie:- lli t l"Nt lilxiV e v.l) ;ie e.":l As fast n eniiv lv pes of i oi n are found which te.-.1 , tell, they are pun leise.l ii li it loaded, an Ohio repre-em al i vc hoiiiK at each eat lo se what iroen uilo il Pp. to last nU'hl Is curs h i I been loaded end started lo Ohio 'I'bete is evidently not enoiii'b of the early '"in in soiithea.stern I'cnn-svlvania lo meet our 'Ohio needs. Tie man in ebnine ot the work dis cevered sluue line loolilliK "al ly rom in the state of llelaw.ire and I v :m calb'd to i;o lo liebiw.ite vi it It him vesterdav lo : c- how the coin look-el. We found in a limited aiea in central IMawnr" a l.vp" "1 -early yellow del, I "oi n vv huh looks very much like our llolibeai-lei n Ohio corn. II m:itui"d b'mi ve.n i-nd wa cut a bout .viu'ii't .'0. and ,.o had abundatiie of 'ime to dry out befor" winter. I saw ciib al'ler ii ih of this corn and it looks as tho it was a romparaliv ly safe seed for notlli-et'i Ohio. Ji Mini I cut I v is earlier th tn the corn roniiiu' from iv-nu-.yl-Viinla. A ininiber of pet ininrilion M r is made on this coi n i how above '.in per " i't The state of Michigan lias air- ady ' hinped 17 UUP bushels ol ibis i'.j,iwar" lorn for Micbii'.ait u-,. iiirei lor Wh""ler puiabata'd jn nun Soe-heb: yes'eiday nm lias an 0,' -ui mm b more. If il is li, eded I'h'- ' ill b" It: e. to sup pi n;, ',1 Ih" Peine ylvanili col ii mp it - av i!i:-t I'i'M' o' 1 1 P iiii-. I , , , rs thl!" tat p-" l.a ' 1 I, , - : l.o t. Ill H a: mo I'd'. Cel, I I a b'; !o r moi a u i :. ieri--nt al.d t !:i I 1 1 n I ' It I I, a.-- been I e taoi-1 re .'..I'l !,i e call - I I '. a petal IK 'tl I I im 111 T a- P i: A I til ro, a '.-( p I. sole bv the I S lefs 0 A'-rb sillMte a' a-hiesM.i'i S I parl'iH'ti! I eo op' rati; 1 ll io oi ihe imri h a-" id i h i flu I Ih io epi e . n! .-. i i '.-- at in-; pel !,:' 'ael V ' hills MM ' a I I fully ami I ! confident that tiny al" ;,, i ,:.,; fl... , est i ll Ihe'.- j. ilV.lt! :: bo- lor ' ih b U- ". I u,,i:bl, oi lo'ir.s. lal'iet have oi,r nm I'., al I bu' if I bis i - not In be hid I Ilea, ve Ihe ) t 1 11 s V ;i-lo, i a'"! I'ela'.vare - eed tb" li"t best. It lj;o' mil sei-nied advi-able lo I )i rector Wheeler to ship this com ,n e-s than tarload bus. it does n-aw apj.'"-. r that Uavm i'ohiiiv viiil mil a (-irlo.,d W i.etb" t art 'tu'e lien's an b" mad. v.iih Stalk i.r Medma Coitiitie- to tiuil" en a car r -lii'ii'.s to b" deter Hi! lied ll i-importalil that ail who want anv of tl is impotleii s.,.,1 boold tdac tieir old' rs with Mr. (' A Cearhart ot the i:peihnent. Station at lio- eiirb-f .l j . -i !.! looeieiil, that the ma"" lliav oe del- rmiti'd before il i-i lo i I it- . '! l,j.. ,.,in. i; tu jiir ham'Ied a' II i .11 likely ren from .: ) J4 l.il per bn-li.l ol T'l pounds ol eus at trie i,i''. Of e nirse it the crn was iiouybt jointly with Stark I oiil.lv. H'is tnii'hl add a little o the fie L'ht in reshlpiiitlt'. it fiotn ( aut'in The rom will have to be paid fur at the cur door. is expected from the battle front hours war department officials . t be the sharpest blow the entente! nngiu - xrencn iorces. Premier Lloyd George's appeal tot, the "Retting of American relnforce-t tneniti across the Atlantic In tha nhnrtest possible apace of time," pre neuter! through Lord Reading 111 New York last night, will be respond ed to That wan very plain In official circle today. Kvery military agency In the Rovernment la being speeded up. Ited tap la being cut at every possible point. Under th direction of the president, all of tha war ti Reticles are hurrying Iheir work. The result will be manifent very soon. While It is Impossible to maka any statement, of troop movements, H' iny officers declare there are many divisions Ncattered through the U. S. (hat are ready to be put into action the minute they set foot in France. Included In the number are certain regular nrnvy unlta, federalized nat ionul Kunnlauieii and even the new national army. As u mutter of fact there are n number of divisions of the national army which right now are daily Indulging: in Iho niOMt advanced battle practice under the dl nre RnnftniTrrirtlon nf Trench and Hrllish army officers. The troops are fit anil with new transports being secured should be in France within a reasonable time. News from the battle front in Pl cardv today eotitlnuod fiatlHfactory. Al many points, the Uritlah and tha French have been feeling out tint wei,' hi of Ihe (ierinan nl renal It and il in very plain that they nre aeek-Iniv the weakest spot on the line rot iheir nliack. Thn Gorman atlnckw now are eeti- IciIhk in the south. It. is plain that they are disappointed over their fail are lo make a real breaeh between i,he liritish and the French and that Von l.tideii'lot ff. who Is responsible lor ihe battle plans is ready to make fiirt her saeriflces of human life in Ihe endeavor to eulll his point. That he will fail seems indicated by tua confident declaration of the French, executive. They point out, and they cite facts and figures to support iheir position, that the German as-r.auli already has failed becatiae it was unable to reach its objective be-fote ihe French reinforcements from I lie south wire brought up. Tha Germans, as a result of terrible, losses which they sustained, were compelled to throw their reserves Into the iii'bt iiiucli faster than they had phiiine!? The re'itlt is that today practically their entire forces available for action in the north have been enraged and are disorganized I a use of their heavy losses. Trench H'urfare Fusses Out in Thist Attack. oni-landing today, officials nay, Hie fact I hat trench warfare has definitely passed. All along th llms in the north, there will be in-i te.is.'il open fit'litinc, it is believed lu te In this, ihe Germans will have htile advantar" despite the -act that they have trained their men along; that Him. The Iirilislt armies In Prance have been trained in trench warfare, and trench defense, but those which were held in England and are now replacing the tired vet-eians ail alone the front lines have been fcivrn thoroimh instruction In. open finhting. And the French and American troops also have been educated in ibis wav. As a matter of fact. General IVrshinir is ono of the slr-inge'-l advocates of open fighting thai there is in the Fulled Rtatei army, and be is an expert in every pli is(. of that work. I.o'aiii--Investigation is bemj made of canned tomatoes wirei after one of the cans was found to contain cronnd class. Frb.ina IJoy Kauffm.m, mennon-,te tea'lier. was ousted been use he refused to i-ive a pledge of alleuinnee I lavton intend in VV ill I'l. el e Western OhioSutit-r-ntid Table associatioa March 2! and Sti . ..ut'-1 1 The Great Iakev N." 1 Trainiei; Stntlon band, coni-niaiided t v Lieutenant John Philip S.ui 'i. wi'l he here April S, to help boost the third Liberty Loau.

Wooster Daily Republic OUK WIRE SERVICE Giwa you today tb uni Dffwi tint tppart In tomorrow mornlng't paptrt. , The Weather Fair tonight and Friday not much change In temperature.Vol. XXXI, No. 251 WOOSTER, OHIO THURSDAY, MAR. 28, 1913 Price 2c. By Carrier 10c a WeeE E MONT BID AN EVACUAT ir iM Un. Ik HUN LOSSES TREMENDOUS London, March 28.While the dispatches from the front state the Germans 'are shelling Arras, and that they are evidently trvinc to widen their battle front to the rice cables from Paris that they have extended their attacking point in the south, and that the French have been forced back west of Mont Didier. Forcing the French west of Mont Didier means the Germans are now 18 miles from Amiens, which city is apparently the German objective. They are now sixty miles from Paris. The French, according- to reports, retreated slowly and orderly, and the Germans left a flood of dead as they swept on. The French on the heights west of Mont Didier occupy a commanding position. Americans from all branches of the service are said to be now taking part in the battle. Pulls, March "H Fiewli fniccs, hnlilinu; the hat l Ic lim noilh of the Oi, have retired In an orderly manner to toitlon on I he heights of )lcmr DidJer, meanwhile inflict iny; epoinmUM lotses on tlii' (U-i mails, I In-l;8cti war office uunonnrctl this .if-lernoon. The statement iii: French troop, fliihlin" tool hy foot, in flirt lug heavy loss oh the irtnans, luivr relli-ed in , mi orderly manner In the heights wtsl of Mont Didier. The enemy suotaineil heavy ln when lie ronceiitiattd Ui rfform naalitt the Flench, and n tliiiit of unprecedented fljerrene. lint Liken pluce. Mont IHdier Is shout ten miles vresl from lloye. London. March 28 TIip lirit u.sh nsve captured a nuniiier ot i .! nui it jarisopers anil Machine guns in the yre: tattle of Picardy, ihe w:tr tiffin announced today. This wns the first time t li allies bnve claimed the .rapture of prlsou-kv.A war material" Hince the. tisMius bejan a week uro today. t rtl ir etrongly Indicated that the alliMl counter offensive is finally utidi-r way and satlterins ninmen-t n in. Heavy fllii jnp continues over the twitter part of I he front, 'the bat-tl i erte.ndiiiR tioithviaid. The fjermnn hepiu 11 heiivt horn-..irdnirut east of Alias, nt tlio siuiio ijUne field iiixish il Halt; ivMr'eil (n Hie W!r offin- an attnrk was de-vclopinn."Sevre firhtintz contiiitied on Wi'ilnef.dajr attd la?j night hoi It t ldrs nf the Sotume. rivet' and nortnwatd lront .4l"vt toward? Moyillen." t Jin offial attDOunretneot aid. "Alotti; ih Sotnm valley and in the seetors of Kea'iDnn't-lIuiufl, I'lttssitnx and iloyuuevilitj the Germans made re-j iat'd 'tomtits- 'ill of whieh were re-Iiu'fed."Tie flhtinet rnutinnes fiercely oti loth hauks rf tit" Sonim river. "The UritisJt have raptured anutn-h-r of nrt-'otifix and maeltine Run--. "Kai;t of Aria a h-avy hoinhard-ri'.cii' was opened l.v the enemy this i-orrtlnsr and stt .itiat k is develop-it -ft in thttt sec-tor. ' L'y "eot of Ara" the war olfire evidently loratel the attack it: 'he s(.rcr ;f the Srxri river. The 5tT!Pe liver representnl tliee-tt-tiie tirrt!i-rn end of the line over which the Germans .vie'ited the Hriti-h iind I'reiuh positions he fore lrianijnr Hieii presf-nt lrive The infantry fihUnM was (enter"'! many !il!eit t,oul.'i of tnat district, howevet. Ak the (lernian d:ive wane-, the sliie cotintei-thriist'' now in strength. The (Jertnan waroli'ite claimed 'th 'arture of lht-rt whi-h : "tfcar.20 niles from the aili- hi" of Amions. At'vicec. from the front today in dicated tt'at th German armies ' were worn dit hy constant linhtinn' and that ttefr motole had heeii shak-1 en hv tr,er trerienaous tosses ( Serins n fjaltl- Nearly Half Million A eorrenpofident of the Daily Veil in France rMimuted the (Ui - tran casualties in the first seven djvs of fif.httng a .".00.000. hut uiilitarv c-rittrs generally take th? view that they' ttfin niurh more, j ihif u na! pyllatitry in count, r ai-sottie placing the number at half a ta- ks inlllfon. While the German offensive has nvt collapsed entirely it I the central opinion that front now on. the alltei will dominate the uttuatinn. Field Marshal Halg In a late re- noi -th. the French war of-! port from liiitisti heaiiiaileis. ,ald lliat the hattle was renewed on W'ed-resday hot Ii tinrth and soutli of the So tn tire and that iKhtiiip w;is rapine, with tlio Mtniost. violence. (In the line south of Kosieren, atnl ni'itil 'if Ahlaitixevlllt', the Geinian; si staiii"d heavy losses ly their re-pe;if d eilucks in massed formation asxinst I'M' Urili'.h. The Germans apinrently threw all iheir availahle fi.!t" into the lifilitinj; and exerted "ireat pressure' ud Marshal Main said The liRlitjng continued after dark-ii"sn l'"ll. when the Miilish launched a aerie:-, of Ktrone enunier-atlacks. .t one point where it hud heen a rligM lirH'sh retirement nil the kwt-tfrpnnd was rceaptured and the Germans weti ihrovvn hack upon 'positions th"iV hud held 11.' hours earlh-t. Tne trenches were found to he full of German corpses. I'i'ihliiiM which field Alur.shall llti-r d"si'l'iheil ;is "derce," took place hetwen tho Ancte and the SiiiiiMie river, especinllv couth of A! h'l! Ii. e.j sector the lliitih eotn menceil counter attackins and the G Ttllaiis vere ejected front Irenche', wliirh (liev had picviou dy captured. I'.lil to llvlelul lanes Westward Irom Alheit. A'l ellorls of. tlirt Gel mans to ex-tf'iid their lines west of Alhert in the direction of Amiens, collap.td under tne Kiim and e.jllanl resis-t.mc' of the lliilish forces in that sector The Germans employed nisses of lieht artillery in suiipoi! of their M lantry, hut in spite of their dole-milted efforts they rolled Li'ck every time they tried to ad-vanc.German hopes for "a hieak thioas'h" ire dyiri; hard The I!(r lilt was ortire in its tepr.it on W'erf-ti1 stU'v, will "lv both hanks of 'he Snnime our armifu nr. enjr.med in a sh'-wly pro grctwin attack This w is iidmisHt'on that ihe force ol the drive has -uhnut heen spent and th it tne Gentians are mretin with htronuer resistance all nlonj: the l'ronl. it is helif-ved that the til-li'vs have henun to use their fresh reserve ttonps and that the battle line will m;'iu he swinging eastward. The weather has heen clear, sivini; orpoct ii'ii'y lor intense aerial activity. Ii-'iish and l-'retich airmen maintain their supremacy of th t.l.ies nvu tip-re has been some sharp lir.if h'Rh ahoe the contending', ;iejn.'rs. , ' The Getm;'ti war ofl ie i (.timed thi1! I'.ito't Von 1 1 1 r hi hoten leader of the German aviat.or. had won bis l,(th .mij 7ih air 'vi' tories ." Fresh diisjons were tit-ed by the (iet leans i:i a T-newnl ol their at-t irk- MK i'ist the French on the Ki.ut'frn end of the battle zone. Teu'or'. pressure centered west of !!oV. whete the i'feiu It made it si'ia'l r- tirement in the direction of .Mont Indier. i .Moll Ihdier is about -even miles fr mi Hoy- i Tl.e Geinuiti oiletisive opened one week a;;o. today. A dispatch I'iooi pa.er TUF I TM-I'M A as -ayinK pa-.er TUG i-MtKIIMAN't as sayu.- that til.' In' lie ha- li-i enleied it s tlcrit tdias -. I he paper cor tinned: "The (', r-in "i i"Hssrs wearied bv th. ir eifm ami we;.kf-te( hy tb'lr .ippallirrt los. es. mti.st now lace a sharpeonn-i,.r-ofeii.-ive hy the Freer h troops." Tt('ors ffm paits of the ItriT-I h etnpi!" have taken part in the j h:it' ! . jtin.t iv e.i n-ir. ,,t...r but ii i - impossible lo ".' .-e ftoin on- sect ion ui-play- valor than tbo-e from any The Canadians have been in tit.- tbi'k of the tray am' i'ipinye. I The Germans failed to elan:- any The rantun- ol (iiisaners in ttnir ouVialJo ie: oils on v eiinesoa r vvni'-n is -mi further evidence ot the v at inP. , ttrn-.-ih .f their oiiensive. F.ntish cavalry have been in at- I.I:gi'nt i i:gi;cy KIM. Washington. March US President Wilson al'eii'oon, 'iinied the fl.O.M, L'40,7s!i -t.'i urgency dchi-icticy liill. I In l.iri;--t I. ill of its kind ever puss-si by .in A ineihan con- J K -s. s ij Mi:si hi: New ork, March L's liirectors of t lit I titt'inunmijl Uaschall Lea-;- U" tl'is a'teMIOOII Voted 1(1 disband the league Idi' the coming season as ii v,r n ea' iire. m.w tf.fani irv sons , v t, ,J 2S Secre-iloo this a.'ierrooti, minoum ed the issuuneo iof a new sei-ji: ot treasurv lertill- catrs tor J.'iiiu.OtMi.linu payahlo July 9. with interest al t 1-J per rem HIDES AT FOOT OF ENEMY WIRE FOR 24 HOURS W'th the American Army in Fiance. Match '11 - l ii:l)i) 1'. M. I A'i American oilier, who had "earn outlawed" ' himself and had carried supplies of water and pi banters, r.'-irained hidden :n the tonj; irass at tilt, inoi of Ihe Germans' barbed wit l.iali.'Memeiils foi 'A hours., se curias valuable i nfoi mat ion . it w learned taday. I 'n:!'" t ml in e. Ihe German Ian I'.uu-jie. ihe Ameiican bad a ;ood op-pcrlu'M'v to heat and oleeie whar was L'oiug on. The rtl'cer to.il, up hi-- secret no li'liolt on Tuesdav leoniiu--;. He bad paiuied his lace c.ri'en and brown and woie a Milt conniruei-ed of straw, prass and canvas, lie car ri.d an auloiuiilie pistol and hinoeu-1ms.T''e intrepid Atuerlcun was accom- pnnied to his posit ioiM'jj'jM'alrol i that evidently ecited'niir yMLiikHor. ot tne lieitiuins, as snipers ureii ire-iiuerily in the direction of his lair he;'ove .iaybreak. Iiuiiui; the morn In:; eueiuy panols searched lor him. Jitcr the observer heard workbii; piM'lies.. trench pairols senlries and reliefs eonv ei'diii; in their lines, only a few yirds away. K i-!y I h is uiornitii; an Amerieati p.llfol went mil and blouchl Ihe of licer in to bis own lines. LITTLE FEAR FROM GERMANY 1NFAR EAST Tokyo, March -K. - The Japaueso ambacssador to Russia, who has just artived from I'etroKtad, deihned lo day that he did not feai Get man ni;-Rression in the far east. He added that he did not think Geimany plan, to crush Itussia hy an oflensive In Siberia, bill to loncentrate alt her efforts in France, meanwhile-ecui-illf". if possible the food ni'cninnlinea! in I kl aiuia. The Soviets ate ,",itnin',T enormous power in Kusr-ia. the diplomat went on. He aid that German prisonet. of war had been influenced by Ihe Bolshevik movement, and thai be ia eonvimed that they will be ome propagandists n jun then lehiin to Germunv. itvini; to instigate the peo pie to revolution .main.si their auiotJ cratic povei nment. 'Geimaiiy michi destroy the l.cnine o ei niueiil . but Ho)-,hc iU-istil will peniieale the '.vo'lld." continued the ambus-ador. He eriii'ised the ma li' -tousnis n! pail of the Japanese press ill its t .-cent ilisrus.-ion of the nue-iinu : Japanese intei veni ion in Sibeiia. Ji was when asked reuaidini: thepie-Ki-ble despa'ih of a Japanese expedl lion that the diplomat said that be did not Icai German a;T.t es- ion in the Far Ka-t The ninba-sailor w.i-accouipanied I . a diplomat!' paiiv. including 1. meiuans. In the course of his tali; ihe Jh paneye dip!" in.tl assented tb..' diplomatic I'da-Ijons W i!b Itussi.i have ll"' been broken, but that th'-v lemaiu tnend I 'avid II. Fr amliassadoi to lepresvlitalives at Voloc'ia to i at ions v. it Ii I lie i ik i -. t he A me n a n liis-ia. and other "I ' lie ii lie"-, stoppeii nllllMli' thi'i! riciroti l; liAs-ini; eriilnent . lien. .'I ii'.!'.-si :on ! t r ' v- Ices ;.p- '"V on It" f I 1 1 , V !;'' ale! t'nt I lev' b'l'.e sin i ,-i i d la t r- ii".' baCi tin- Ge-iii.it'..-. Tl e f.H I bi i - I o:iit in vi bo h t h'-(In.: ti" ti.ive ,'i.a!iisd !- '.'; Iiiibl liill st 0t't.. v. est "I Will t! tl'- illlle itOOll "lie week ;.p.i t'd lV Til" 'rum which Ihe G.-imalis line tiovv fak-s ,ineen the S'atpe atid rivets l"av"i it onen to erav-' I II llt ' T.' h ofi'-n -iv,- has re- alted in l!.'- f trmatioii I a .ved-e : ha ned nil'elif i,iitii7 p'lf'-d tarn.ts at'ack on the flanks. When 111'; NEW ACTIVITY BEHIND LINES OF THEGERMANS U. S. Troops See Movements in Their Sector and Increase Artillery Fire. W'dh the American Armv In Frame, " h t . 27 --Hi l Mi ob servers on the America it ft out nonh of Toitl have n'ded an inerea:e in Fm- aciiviiy of the (Jcrman inlatitrv li.irin;; h past :!4 hour''. N'l'iiierons p-rtl3 Of 1 1 enemv wi-re i een passing and re -passim' ceita'il points enternii; o- leavitii; dui'oi't-. and tiaversiiiR eouimuui-entio't iisnidies. Others wet') seen lite'in" or leaving battel v io-.iiion or ii.iscini' thrnnnh villages Aii.eiican Kiinnersi shelled a I! potnis v. bete enemy truop uif ve- rueiits were repotted, semliii;' over gas shells, shrapnel and huh explosive s. FiTtber bark American siuiip sboolers were busy sniplnc the Gm in 'i li-- ii ith ;'7 lit i 1 1 i in 1 1 e mil,'., oli .' iv-rs re.ioilit'n many diiect bin i n duv.out entrances. The coutiiiueil hi.t i ass'iif; lire diew an otillmr-i troni (biinali Runs when l'ihi hl(:b explosivi-: shells vveie suddenlv i!ivo-a:i apainrl a certain nu in a a ; position. The I'.islies of (lie Gentian I'.UUs coubi be seen from iin nierican ' capiive balloon vvbich wio- on niu'ui j obseivation duly. j Theie has be.'n little aerial a' liv- 1 it v. as i In- Germans have widenth sent ii'osi of thir inacliines ii the a i ne ol their olfensive. A ceiiain ntiinher of American ol beers who are allaehed lo r.iiiicb ret-'imeniN to learii the latest met lions f trench warfnre are In the Albert divlriet, it js mcHcated' by postcards reeeifud' trrifS" Ihem hy their trtentla on tfca. TotU . Hit. ( Albert JW'4ej ,!lt-f Ae&VX iifttninpr in tne tierntnn onensive tu Fieri 'd v. The German war ollice in its othcial report on Wednesday claitiied the capture of Mbert Thi was boi ne out bv Ihe Itritish war of Pee. which eald: ''Atleiui'ts m.,d.' by Ihe enemy in the course ol 'h-d"v to ileboui h ' wert ward from I In town of Albert have been driven back in each ie.slaiiee with the lieav ii" I 0. lo'.ses " ) Some of the raids were illm;ira!-el, b -ill inn pbolosTrahps of dm s'atii" of 'be Savioils on the steeple or lb" Albert chuieh, Sjin e 1 !i 1 1: when n vviissiriiek bv a German shell II, e 'tallle has been b'.ininr. nvr -il ii a imple of !." dent-ei' Many tneri.;in fas olu"s a'i included amonc ih"se alt.ieh"d to the 'ri''sh for active training. The German advance over tb "so'ii-ue hallleliebl ii-calls July, IPHi vvner the 'oieinii b'fioii clorniei! lie lev !) Sant'Tie everaf Attiei i ,m volii'ileei s beiliR killed at Hie time and oibets woitnded. The litu-lisb black wTilch' lefimenl. eont a mi r r tinii'.' Americans, nbu look a prom luiii'' art in Hi'e t'mhtinK around phlf'-s -vllieb are ai'ain appearing in tin olbcial eoiiiiiiUiii(Ui,c". So far the Amero-ans nave tun re ci iv -d any information that the b r n.ai" tire usjnn tanks. i v semi-official announi en a.' vps niade in Heriin on Wedii" 'liy that the German-' were iisinr. (law own tanks as well as others eaptut. ed ' from I he !i iMsli i . New-' that baa leached the Ann li can front ndiciied that the eneinv b.'id ru liiexed suce'n solely tbroiir! weiidil ol artillery and the mast o' b'fanttv ct.taliied by siniipim-other part" of the front. HARD FIGHTING ON IN UKRAINE ("opi iiiKii'eii. l,,n li i:S I'lirtb' r 1. eiirK w : - i-etneud from I'! t . r-;a 'oi'a . . he:e I ' I. : i n ta ll -ev.lti im. i if . :. a ,p.it iiai i.v Ibddievik Hoop-. ! a : t tat li 'I l ' V-t i n-;, a,, i : : 'id the I'h vur.ii n - op"t'aiin-.- u.t" lil'T la on Trolkv . '!' I'.olsbe. v-, trini. te'- ill a -pi ei il at Mo- -on . .an t!.:n I r ji wop!.! have t, oraaui:-' i ml trail) sn are:'-') t'oi at ot , 'to ot' ( i ion lU'iii i is -r ii : ! e-w i : I'rev'ou-' ridvi'"' troni ;l Htrsian ("itce bad :-! i '! tiiiit Ode.-'. am! K! ersi n i'.e' i :-, i: red from 1 1.; 'i 4 ro , if ! ma i ii.iees iii - cm', h'-rr Fsialnii. i;i:iii n i.i ss fai k Ma.vilie, Kv., Vat .-h I'tii'ini il.ens at" blamed lot placiru: loiHid .H-i- in fo'1,1 wlii'h made two s hooi !,'.ii lie; a ml :.'u impils ill. OHIO avi vkh: kii.i.i k Wichita Fall.s. 'l-v., March 2. Gadet (;. O Franks, aviation student, was killed as be mad" hi-s first solo 11is?ht. His home is in Clyde, Ohio. I.;ui( aster -Fairfield count v Is working I bin week to till a War chest with $0n,0it0. IIUN WOUNDED CHOKE RAILROAD IN REAR Amsterdam. March 2S Fnot ru-ously Ioiik anihulahce trains tne passim; through l,iej.e and N'auiur, lieliutu. oil their way to Aix I.a Gliapelle and other parts of Germany w ith woitnded men from the FreiK h battle-front. aecordinK to the tho Teleraaf fiontier cot respondi nt . Many of the wounded have been detained nt N'atnur, sa vs the mi res pondent, who adds that the hospitals in northern France have not sufficient ai couiiiiodalion for the t'l'eaf si ream of suflei ers. BAKER, IN LONDON, IS SURE DRICE IS NEAR END Amsterdam. March 'IK. The kaiser lias eonj.uilulaleil Hie Krupps upon their invention of a pun 'thai would enable Ihe Germans to hour bard Paris, said a dispatch .front Heriin todiiv . CONGRESS BUSY IN GREAT EFFORT TO GET UP SPEED Senate to Make Million More Eligible to Draft Aircraft Probe to be Dee). WasliiniJlon, ( iv i man this breakdown of March 1! - Senator iilteinoon savs the Xmeriea's ureal a via lion prop.nuii is due in ilm tamper' inn of German s.pies who infest air craft plants. Overman said there ore 400. f)MI (lermntt, npiei-i in the Fnitwt W'.V VVushTn'g t oh 1 3 IT If? HiTW day of. the congressional drive to loice i.peed into the conduct of the war found bNih llmncs determined lo nam. Ia'e ils billet al rai(',limelll ol evisl in;; condil ions ml o ad ion. The Si-mile vvas le.idv lo adopt iiiea-aiim, malilni; more than a mil luili men available loi Ihe drill I- Tlie Senate military uffalis com millee ic:olvod lo r.o lo the bololu o ihe reported lueal;dowii of Iho aii-( i. ill pioprum and al I he same 1iuie etideavoi to pul a chock on ".pioss arentini;" which im-m bei s i ha t ha' milled the neople about A mil i a ! pi ogress it! the vvai Admiliisttalion M-nators piepan! lor a stubborn defensive aloni; tb' lines laid down yesterday by Seiiatoil Williams, of Mississippi, when b- (haif;il the lte)iublicans with pla I lie, polities" o fill Ihe! Il Mile l.eiiroot's M'liatorial (nmpaii.n I ' t li Wisconsin. Republican M'milors. frankly il e chinnr, "all bais down." openl 7 en unlet- churned I're-idmd Wllsotri with "playin:; politics." An old fasiiioiied 'knockdown and diar out" political fW'lil was brewint;. Senator Chambei la in , of Oiecon. . h.ni ma ri. of the milili'v lomiuHlee. am) olhei I lemm i i.ts. who watned ihe Senate last heceml.er that the w.ii ino!:i"s ;i not a,b'unate to the emefi eiK '. , have tal'eu no part in Ihe debate of the pal few V ote v, a.; epei led late eai K I, Ii row on the m da vs. lod:y or air" for ihe Uiattinr, ol vouni' emu who u;ive 1 1 a i be, I the a. " or I years -'' ' j,,,,.. :, . hi this ' mm"' t.lon. Ha rv New, ol Indiana, veil I deiii.ind a roll all on bis univet'.-il militaiv tr.i.li in:: atu"lidior nt. Af !," 'SiUie time S'-ual"! 1 (n rhuti evpecteil to put throu; i-aiin'ion feilll il ill"; the T'TUt of i'lien- liuole si',! a i I to I he ia'l i- the iiliiMl diafl l.v l''-alv. Tl I I a i vpii toil to add I'l'U' , i, ,'ii ui e.s a re than I .iiuo.li! o .iisil.ible l"l to i r Ihe ll .'iiii.'i ii: ei" M draft. I'li-l l tomi; itt'-e w;,.- Ol' -ai'i lo'la ,. T i mil.! si v l,.j ' r i H" !:-"!l'"l to .-ta ml t i' p!o; s of I b" i iea i n w l ei " I ' '.of I h the I.I I - .V i! !" 1' .' U bu p) ml ot (' I. ,i, V. Inch b d lh m I" , t. Iliii! j , 1 1 1 ' 1 1 - 5 --. in .- a !. ::'!! "t '"oi -tin!-' on lo !o',biv '' The noiit.i IV . . vol. . I ye leiiia.v to lf-i" so pii ession o( neb ilifol .,:,! ii Si-naioi V.'oi.-w ..ri.h misleading jn opat' imbi.' . oi.imii' a, and l! mat ion . nil", I KAISER SAYS KRUPP GUN BOMBARDS PARIS! London. M uch - v Ne-.vlon 1' P.nker. tin- Ammban SicrelaiT of War. who tame to London from Palis, is fnllowine 111" lotltfo o( tiyhtini on the wetrtern ftont rith the keenest intent t. Mr. Panels alone with eveiy me else is culifi-ilent that the Oerniiins will I" 'e-feated. t & HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S. TROOPS ', WILL PARTICIPATE IN COUNTER THRUST AGAINST KAISER'S HOSTS Washington, March 28. The Allied offensive is well under way and most important news in Picardy within the next 24 declared today. The counter offensive will has attempted. It is understood that no less than 100,000 Amerii can troops will participate in this movement which probably5; will take the form of a rolling up movement. According; to the latest information reaching Washington, the allies have placed 800,000 fresh troop3 along the Picardy front. It is these men who will be sent against the Germans in a sweeping movement which is expected to turn the tide of the ! , . , 1 r- . I . 1 A A 1 - TT1. I f Dame in iavor oi xne Amencau - PROF. WILLIAMS HAS STATEMENT I'raf. I'. G. llliaies, iif t'ouomlst at the Kxperinietil Slat ion, having inst returned fioni a (rip lo the east in II'" Interest ot the Ohio tanner.-' saeKInj; seed corn. Thursday made die 'oilow'np st'llellieul ; I wa- called l.v I'drecioi (T.irli S. W'h.rele'- of III" FUehsioll- lei(ll't-ineni of Ohio '-'late Fniversliv, to meet him in commence al I'hiladel ohi'i. Wedne.sda.v morniuf',, r't'.ard- i tip. seed corn for Ohb lirector Wheeler now htm leu men nt work ,n suuthe'iste'ii 1 'ennsylvania (ed-itu; and loadlun : eed com for use in Hlio. These, men aie oiiij; I'imiii larin to farm where corn is offered for sale, nolititr the type and season of th' I'orn and saniplini; 11 carel'ul-'y l')r Revniinat ion test. I't ohnhlv lei's than half of this corn is united 'o Ohio, us that putt of I'enmylvttn la U rupable of Kiowinit and nuitiir- but liirny , nr. in inriners oarlv tvfies Which nre nuilahl" Hefore a car nf corn Is purchased ! s tested al the Ohio bend (unrter Ml Pennsylvania and lhe.se tests show thai Mich- teitinr I-. verv tme-I'ssarv, for there is much of 'be I'e'iimvivaiiia coin Hint shows below riU per cent. t!c riuituilioil, TlieV ai o purcbasjii;" no corn which d ie:- lli t l"Nt lilxiV e v.l) ;ie e.":l As fast n eniiv lv pes of i oi n are found which te.-.1 , tell, they are pun leise.l ii li it loaded, an Ohio repre-em al i vc hoiiiK at each eat lo se what iroen uilo il Pp. to last nU'hl Is curs h i I been loaded end started lo Ohio 'I'bete is evidently not enoiii'b of the early '"in in soiithea.stern I'cnn-svlvania lo meet our 'Ohio needs. Tie man in ebnine ot the work dis cevered sluue line loolilliK "al ly rom in the state of llelaw.ire and I v :m calb'd to i;o lo liebiw.ite vi it It him vesterdav lo : c- how the coin look-el. We found in a limited aiea in central IMawnr" a l.vp" "1 -early yellow del, I "oi n vv huh looks very much like our llolibeai-lei n Ohio corn. II m:itui"d b'mi ve.n i-nd wa cut a bout .viu'ii't .'0. and ,.o had abundatiie of 'ime to dry out befor" winter. I saw ciib al'ler ii ih of this corn and it looks as tho it was a romparaliv ly safe seed for notlli-et'i Ohio. Ji Mini I cut I v is earlier th tn the corn roniiiu' from iv-nu-.yl-Viinla. A ininiber of pet ininrilion M r is made on this coi n i how above '.in per " i't The state of Michigan lias air- ady ' hinped 17 UUP bushels ol ibis i'.j,iwar" lorn for Micbii'.ait u-,. iiirei lor Wh""ler puiabata'd jn nun Soe-heb: yes'eiday nm lias an 0,' -ui mm b more. If il is li, eded I'h'- ' ill b" It: e. to sup pi n;, ',1 Ih" Peine ylvanili col ii mp it - av i!i:-t I'i'M' o' 1 1 P iiii-. I , , , rs thl!" tat p-" l.a ' 1 I, , - : l.o t. Ill H a: mo I'd'. Cel, I I a b'; !o r moi a u i :. ieri--nt al.d t !:i I 1 1 n I ' It I I, a.-- been I e taoi-1 re .'..I'l !,i e call - I I '. a petal IK 'tl I I im 111 T a- P i: A I til ro, a '.-( p I. sole bv the I S lefs 0 A'-rb sillMte a' a-hiesM.i'i S I parl'iH'ti! I eo op' rati; 1 ll io oi ihe imri h a-" id i h i flu I Ih io epi e . n! .-. i i '.-- at in-; pel !,:' 'ael V ' hills MM ' a I I fully ami I ! confident that tiny al" ;,, i ,:.,; fl... , est i ll Ihe'.- j. ilV.lt! :: bo- lor ' ih b U- ". I u,,i:bl, oi lo'ir.s. lal'iet have oi,r nm I'., al I bu' if I bis i - not In be hid I Ilea, ve Ihe ) t 1 11 s V ;i-lo, i a'"! I'ela'.vare - eed tb" li"t best. It lj;o' mil sei-nied advi-able lo I )i rector Wheeler to ship this com ,n e-s than tarload bus. it does n-aw apj.'"-. r that Uavm i'ohiiiv viiil mil a (-irlo.,d W i.etb" t art 'tu'e lien's an b" mad. v.iih Stalk i.r Medma Coitiitie- to tiuil" en a car r -lii'ii'.s to b" deter Hi! lied ll i-importalil that ail who want anv of tl is impotleii s.,.,1 boold tdac tieir old' rs with Mr. (' A Cearhart ot the i:peihnent. Station at lio- eiirb-f .l j . -i !.! looeieiil, that the ma"" lliav oe del- rmiti'd before il i-i lo i I it- . '! l,j.. ,.,in. i; tu jiir ham'Ied a' II i .11 likely ren from .: ) J4 l.il per bn-li.l ol T'l pounds ol eus at trie i,i''. Of e nirse it the crn was iiouybt jointly with Stark I oiil.lv. H'is tnii'hl add a little o the fie L'ht in reshlpiiitlt'. it fiotn ( aut'in The rom will have to be paid fur at the cur door. is expected from the battle front hours war department officials . t be the sharpest blow the entente! nngiu - xrencn iorces. Premier Lloyd George's appeal tot, the "Retting of American relnforce-t tneniti across the Atlantic In tha nhnrtest possible apace of time," pre neuter! through Lord Reading 111 New York last night, will be respond ed to That wan very plain In official circle today. Kvery military agency In the Rovernment la being speeded up. Ited tap la being cut at every possible point. Under th direction of the president, all of tha war ti Reticles are hurrying Iheir work. The result will be manifent very soon. While It is Impossible to maka any statement, of troop movements, H' iny officers declare there are many divisions Ncattered through the U. S. (hat are ready to be put into action the minute they set foot in France. Included In the number are certain regular nrnvy unlta, federalized nat ionul Kunnlauieii and even the new national army. As u mutter of fact there are n number of divisions of the national army which right now are daily Indulging: in Iho niOMt advanced battle practice under the dl nre RnnftniTrrirtlon nf Trench and Hrllish army officers. The troops are fit anil with new transports being secured should be in France within a reasonable time. News from the battle front in Pl cardv today eotitlnuod fiatlHfactory. Al many points, the Uritlah and tha French have been feeling out tint wei,' hi of Ihe (ierinan nl renal It and il in very plain that they nre aeek-Iniv the weakest spot on the line rot iheir nliack. Thn Gorman atlnckw now are eeti- IciIhk in the south. It. is plain that they are disappointed over their fail are lo make a real breaeh between i,he liritish and the French and that Von l.tideii'lot ff. who Is responsible lor ihe battle plans is ready to make fiirt her saeriflces of human life in Ihe endeavor to eulll his point. That he will fail seems indicated by tua confident declaration of the French, executive. They point out, and they cite facts and figures to support iheir position, that the German as-r.auli already has failed becatiae it was unable to reach its objective be-fote ihe French reinforcements from I lie south wire brought up. Tha Germans, as a result of terrible, losses which they sustained, were compelled to throw their reserves Into the iii'bt iiiucli faster than they had phiiine!? The re'itlt is that today practically their entire forces available for action in the north have been enraged and are disorganized I a use of their heavy losses. Trench H'urfare Fusses Out in Thist Attack. oni-landing today, officials nay, Hie fact I hat trench warfare has definitely passed. All along th llms in the north, there will be in-i te.is.'il open fit'litinc, it is believed lu te In this, ihe Germans will have htile advantar" despite the -act that they have trained their men along; that Him. The Iirilislt armies In Prance have been trained in trench warfare, and trench defense, but those which were held in England and are now replacing the tired vet-eians ail alone the front lines have been fcivrn thoroimh instruction In. open finhting. And the French and American troops also have been educated in ibis wav. As a matter of fact. General IVrshinir is ono of the slr-inge'-l advocates of open fighting thai there is in the Fulled Rtatei army, and be is an expert in every pli is(. of that work. I.o'aiii--Investigation is bemj made of canned tomatoes wirei after one of the cans was found to contain cronnd class. Frb.ina IJoy Kauffm.m, mennon-,te tea'lier. was ousted been use he refused to i-ive a pledge of alleuinnee I lavton intend in VV ill I'l. el e Western OhioSutit-r-ntid Table associatioa March 2! and Sti . ..ut'-1 1 The Great Iakev N." 1 Trainiei; Stntlon band, coni-niaiided t v Lieutenant John Philip S.ui 'i. wi'l he here April S, to help boost the third Liberty Loau.